$200,000
— Hillary Clinton's speaking fee, according to the Washington Times. Her annual salary as Secretary of State was $186,000.
Numbers
74%
— Gov. Christopher Christie's record-breaking approval rating, the highest of any New Jersey governor in 17 years of Quinnipiac University surveys.
1,000,000
— Number of jobs the sequester would cost the economy in 2013 and 2014, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
$100,000
— How much money Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's PAC has made from selling branded water bottles, according to BuzzFeed. The Senator is capitalizing on his awkward dry mouth moment during last week's Republican Address to the Nation.
40%
— Of Americans think that the First Lady should receive a government salary since a significant amount of her daily schedule is dedicated to public events, according to a new C-SPAN poll.
155
— Number of times MSNBC played the video of Marco Rubio taking a drink of water during the Republican National Address yesterday, according to the The Daily Caller. Fox News aired the clip twelve times.
49%
— Percentage of Americans who favor killing U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activities, according to a CBS poll released today.
59%
— Percentage of Republicans who want a path for undocumented immigrants to become citizens or legal residents, according to a new Gallup poll.
$ 2 Billion
— How much the United States Postal Service will save per year by eliminating its Saturday mail service. The Associated Press reported that the change will be implemented in August.
157,000
— Number of jobs the U.S. economy added in January. For all of last year, the economy added an average of 181,000 jobs a month, according to updated figures, better than the 153,000 pace originally reported, according to the Wall Street Journal. To keep up with population growth, the economy needs to add 150,000 jobs every month.
60%
— Obama's favorability rating, the highest since his first year in office, according to new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
$15.85
— Price per word Sarah Palin was paid by FOX in her three-year, $3 million tenure as a contributor. She appeared in over 150 broadcasts and uttered 189,221 words according to Smart Politics.
100,000
— New NRA members in the past 18 days, according to Politico. The NRA now has 4.2 million paid members.
UPDATE: NRA membership, according to US News and World Report, has increased by 250,000 in the month since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.